Written answers
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Department of Health
Food Safety
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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877. To ask the Minister for Health the number of on-site checks on food quality the Food Safety Authority has made in each of the past ten years. [51523/25]
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has overall responsibility for the enforcement of food law in Ireland; therefore, as this is an operational matter, I have asked the FSAI to reply directly to the Deputy.
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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878. To ask the Minister for Health the number of food recalls in each of the last ten years. [51524/25]
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has overall responsibility for the enforcement of food law in Ireland; therefore, as this is an operational matter, I have asked the FSAI to reply directly to the Deputy.
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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879. To ask the Minister for Health the number of food recalls that have happened as a result of self-policing versus Food Safety Authority on-site checks. [51525/25]
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has overall responsibility for the enforcement of food law in Ireland; therefore, as this is an operational matter, I have asked the FSAI to reply directly to the Deputy.
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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880. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outbreaks of listeria here in the past ten years; and the reason for a spike in listeria outbreaks in the last year. [51526/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
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